Man City 3 - Wigan 0: Sergio Aguero's on write track

I have come here to help the team develop and win titles and if we can do that this year it will be perfect

Sergio Aguero

But there were no recriminations over the messages left on the ­matchball for City’s hat-trick hero ­Sergio Aguero.

They were written by his delighted team-mates and were all in the best possible taste from an outfit that is now looking like serious title challengers.

Frenchman Samir Nasri echoed the whole team’s hopes for silverware by writing: “I hope that is just the beginning – it is a long season.”

City couldn’t have had a better start with four straight wins, 15 goals and a Champions League ­debut looming on Wednesday.

And Argentinian Aguero, 23, is now hoping to help City move ­closer to their first League title since 1968.

By doing that, he hopes to ­emulate the achievement of his father-in-law – a chap by the name of Diego Maradona who was quite a useful player himself!

Maradona inspired Napoli as a player back in 1987, taking the ­Italian side to their first-ever Serie A title.

And now Aguero wants to follow him by winning silverware at City.

The £35m summer signing from Atletico Madrid, who has now scored six goals this season, said: “I hope that can be the case.

“I have come here to help the team develop and win titles and if we can do that this year it will be perfect.

“But we’ll keep on and on trying to get better and better and I hope to play a big part in that.”

Ironically, City entertain Napoli on Wednesday in their first-ever foray into the Champions League.

Maradona may even attend with Aguero saying: “If he comes, for sure, he’ll support me and Manchester City because I’m his son-in-law.

“After all, I am part of the family, so he’ll support me for sure. It would be nice if he could make it.”

But, Maradona or no Maradona, new cult hero Aguero certainly won’t be lacking in support after providing such a blistering start to the ­campaign for City.

But he modestly sidesteps ­individual praise, preferring ­instead to credit the entire team for producing such a fine opening spell.

He said: “We are trying to develop our own style of play with our own players and do the things Roberto Mancini wants us to do.

“We are feeling good because we’re creating a lot of chances and scoring goals, that’s our own style and one we want to ­develop.”

They romped to this win without really needing to slip into top gear, even having a tame Carlos Tevez penalty saved in the process.

Wigan boss Roberto Martinez had nothing but praise for Mancini’s team, despite being dejected by Wigan’s rather woeful display. He predicted: “Manchester City now have the real status of a team that can win the title. And rightly so.

“What they have got is great ­balance. When they have the ball they always have four to five bodies behind it.

“Even if the movement is flexible they always look very ­solid.

“The way they play shows you that they are a team rather than just a group of individuals.”